noun / ~の noun:

• in earnest; single-minded; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into - four character idiom
• one and only; unique

noun:

• blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

noun:

• Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term

noun:

• gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

noun:

• type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute - Law term

noun / ~する noun:

• moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)

noun:

• all-or-nothing gambler; power hitter (baseball); slugger; one hit wonder (e.g. in music)

noun:

• captured piece that can be reused - Shōgi term
• person or object held in reserve; available means

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

noun:

• crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

noun:

• order; ordering
• beginning; start
• foreword; preface; introduction ➜ 序詞
• opening of a song (in gagaku or noh) ➜ 序破急

noun:

• food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kuzu or katakuriko flour) - Food term ➜ 餡

noun:

• Parapoxvirus (genus of large oval shaped DNA based viruses in the family Poxviridae)

noun:

• undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs
• unit of timber measurement

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 促音便

noun:

• bloomers; 'safe' pants worn over normal underwear in sports - From English "under skirt"

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

noun:

• obfuscated style of Japanese text, used particularly by young women in keitai emails

noun:

• person appointed by an electoral nominee to be in charge of their campaign-fund accounting

expression:

• deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much

noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)